Weight Loss I n the past couple of years, I have lost just at one hundred pounds. It wasn't hard once I started to see results; due to a variety of medical issues, seeing results was an arduous process. However, I finally found a diet that stuck, and that was a lifestyle change! I just started moving my body more (no easy feat since I was overcoming being wheelchair bound and back surgery amongst other ailments), and the weight began to melt off. I give you this background so that you will understand the pivotal importance weight has always played in my life. Poetry Below is a poem I wrote on this weighty matter of weight loss, about how women starve themselves to fit the stereotypical "one size" mold that has prevailed for so long in recent years. I wrote this poem my freshman year of college. Because I attended Appalachian State University, I did not gain the freshmen 15. Instead, I lost weight. I was carrying a heavy book bag up and down mountains, wal
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